Cognitive Rehabilitation

Cognitive rehabilitation is a structured therapy that helps people regain, strengthen or work around mental abilities such as attention, memory, planning, problem solving and orientation. These thinking skills are often disrupted after a stroke, brain injury, brain surgery or neurological disease, which can slow thought, shorten concentration and make decisions and daily organisation harder. Because such changes affect not only mental performance but also independence, work and relationships, the goal is to help the person reorganise and manage their life again at the most independent level possible. Many people travel abroad for cognitive rehabilitation to reach specialised neuropsychological teams and intensive, structured programmes that may not be available locally, and to make focused progress over a concentrated period.